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Till: Searching for Olga and Dolly Till
I search for the members and descendants of the Till family who emmigrated from Hungary to the USA probably in the early 1900s. Unfortunately it is very little (and uncertain) I know about them. I know that there were many (probably 9) young children in the family when they left Hungary. One of them was Olga Till, who later (in the 1920s?) returned temporarily to Hungary to earn her degree (probably as a pionist) at the Budapest Academy of Music. Back to the US, she married Sam(?) Carmel(?), an American violinist and conductor. They visited Hungary at least once in the 1960s. A sister of Olga's was Dolly.
For the time being, unfortunately, that's all I know. I would appreciate any related information.
04/02/2009, 23:43:06
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Zlatica : Re: Searching for Olga and Dolly Till
What US documents do you have on Olga TILL? You know that you need a precise place of birth to proceed with the research.
Was she naturalized citizen? Did she have social security numbers? http://ssdi.rootsweb.com Those 2 forms would have her place of birth. You might try to locate her state marriage application, church marriage record as those records too should have her place of birth.
05/02/2009, 00:11:46
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Till-relatives: Re: Searching for Olga and Dolly Till
Dear Zlatica,
Thanks a lot for your prompt reply and your effort to facilitate my research. Unfortunately, for the time being, it is literally nothing more that I know about the family and the person of Olga Till. All I know is what I wrote in my previous post plus the fact that she must have been a distant relative of my grandmother (who lived in Hungary, just like me), and my grandmother kept contact with Olga Till by mail until the 1970s. However, during my family history research I haven't found any reference to the Till family so far.
The only reason I posted my original message here was the (rather negligable) chance that a descendant or a relative of Olga Till in the US might once visit this forum and recognise their family and could eventually tell me more about the origins of the Tills.
20/02/2009, 14:37:20
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Zlatica : Re: Searching for Olga and Dolly Till
You're welcome.

Unfortunate that you did not find any old correspondence. Post, if you have not already, on www.ancestry.com/community and http://genforum.com Hungary and United States board.
Found this Olga TILL in http://ssdi.rootsweb.com
OLGA TILL 01 Apr 1914 29 Nov 2002 (V) 01527 (Millbury, Worcester, MA) (none specified) 143-10-2059 New Jersey
www.411.com TILL does list in New Jersey's phone book
20/02/2009, 14:57:33
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